Portfolio

Magazine, newspaper and online articles

Latin America

• The Independent (Santería cleansing ceremony in Santiago de Cuba)

• Martinair magazine (Music nights in Varadero, Cuba)
• Martinair magazine (National Treasure Alicia Alonso, founder of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba)

• Time Out magazine (Cuba book review: The Island that Dared by Dervla Murphy)
• Cuba Absolutely magazine (Sons of Cuba review and Director Q&A)
• Cuba Absolutely magazine (20 Favorite Moments in Cuba)
• Lady Adventurer (Visiting Santa Clara, Cuba)
• Lady Adventurer (Nights out in Hedonistic Havana)
• Travelzest magazine (Autumn and winter 2010 activities in Cuba)
• Association of British Travel Agents magazine (Cuba Libre! Cuba and the tourist trade)

• The Independent (Easter in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, with Christ and Maximón)

• The Daily Telegraph (News piece on visiting the Maya site of Tikal in Guatemala)
• Latin American Travel Association (LATA) (Guatemala introduction)

• The Independent (Survival of the fattest, Galápagos Islands)

• Ham & High Travel Writing Competition (Runner-up: Piranha fishing in Bolivia)

Asia

• Wanderlust magazine (The last of the wild-elephant catchers in the Central Highlands of Vietnam)
• Pathfinder magazine (Visiting Xeo Quit, Viet Cong subterranean base, Mekong Delta, Vietnam)

• Time Out magazine (Stalking rhinos on elephantback in Nepal)

• Scotland on Sunday (Voluntourism - Building homes for the Kamaiya in Western Nepal)

• Action magazine (Volunteering for ActionAid to help the Kamaiya of Western Nepal)
• Time Out magazine (Volunteering in Nepal)

• Time Out magazine (Slum tourism)

• Time Out magazine (Global charity bicycle rides)

Europe

• Time Out Fly Europe magazine (City Chic! New European architecture)

• Barcelona Metropolitan Magazine (Unusual Museums)

Guidebook and online guide commissions

Cuba:

• Author, Frommer’s Cuba Day by Day (2010), 1st edition

• Author, Frommer’s Cuba (2009 & 2011), 4th & 5th edition

• Contributor, Footprint Cuba (2000, 2002, 2004 & 2010), 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th edition
• Cuba, Columbus Travel Media (2010 Cuba update)
• Online Update for Frommer’s Cuba (What’s New in Cuba)

• Writer, Thomas Cook Travellers Cuba (2008 & 2009), 3rd & 4th edition

• Writer, Thomas Cook HotSpots Cuba (2008 & 2010), 2nd & 3rd edition

• Contributor, Time Out Havana & the Best of Cuba (2007), 3rd edition

Central America:

• Co-author, Footprint Belize, Guatemala & Southern Mexico (2005 & 2008),
    1st & 2nd edition

• Major contributor, Footprint Mexico & Central America (Belize, El Salvador, 

• Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico) in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2008

• Researcher and writer, Alastair Sawday’s Green Places (2006), 1st edition

• Author, Footprint Guatemala (2002), 1st edition

• Footprint Guatemala (Introduction; Lost Civilization; A gift from the gods)

Asia:

• Author, Footprint Vietnam (2008 & 2010), 5th & 6th edition 

• Author, Footprint Laos (2010), 6th edition

• Blogger for Indochina Travel News in Laos and Vietnam (2009 & 2010)
• Writer, Hanoi City guide 2010, Vertu mobile phones
• Writer, Hanoi City 2010 guide, Ten Concierge service
• Co-author, Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos (2005, 2008 & 2010) 1st, 2nd
    & 3rd edition

• Co-author, Footprint Southeast Asia (2009 & 2010), 1st & 2nd edition

• Writer, Time Out Adventure! (2009), 1st edition (Rhino safari on elephantback, Nepal)

• Editorial consultant and contributor, Dorling Kindersley Vietnam 

    & Angkor Wat (2007), 1st edition

• Co-author, AA/Fodor Key guide Vietnam/See it Vietnam (2005), 1st edition

• Co-author, Footprint Thailand (2005), 5th edition

• Contributor, Footprint Laos (2005)
• Contributor, Footprint Vietnam (2004), 4th edition

Africa:
• Fès, Columbus Travel Media (2010 update)
• Marrakech, Columbus Travel Media (2010 update)
• Casablanca, Columbus Travel Media (2010 update)

• Updater, Thomas Cook Travellers Morocco (2009), 3rd edition

• Updater, Thomas Cook Pocket Morocco (2010), 3rd edition

• Writer, Time Out Morocco: Perfect Places to stay, eat & explore (2008),
    1st edition (Fès, Meknès, Rabat, Middle Atlas and Taza)

Europe:

• Updater, Thomas Cook Travellers London (2009), 4th edition
• Contributor, Time Out Cheap Eats in London (2009), 5th edition

• Writer, Time Out Flight-Free Europe (2008), 1st edition (Holland’s cities)

• Time Out Barcelona (Introduction)

• Contributor, Footprint England (2003)

• Contributor, Footprint Spain (2003)

Radio, reviews and interviews

• BBC Radio 4’s Excess Baggage appearance with John McCarthy.

    Talking about travel in Cuba, January 2010.

• Independent features new Frommer’s Cuba Day by Day book

• Online review of Footprint Guatemala

• Telegraph review of Morocco: Perfect Places to stay, eat & explore

• BBC Magazine interview for views about Vietnam